LAMPhimerus: A novel LAMP assay for detecting Amphimerus sp. DNA in human stool samples.

• Main Authors: William Cevallos (Author), Pedro Fernández-Soto (Author), Manuel Calvopiña (Author), Cristina Fontecha-Cuenca (Author), Hiromu Sugiyama (Author), Megumi Sato (Author), Julio López Abán (Author), Belén Vicente (Author), Antonio Muro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amphimeriasis is a fish-borne disease caused by the liver fluke Amphimerus spp. that has recently been reported as endemic in the tropical Pacific side of Ecuador with a high prevalence in humans and domestic animals. The diagnosis is based on the stool examination to identify parasite eggs, but it...